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The Time is Always Right to do What is Right

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School-info4u.com believes that the time is always right to do what is right and since the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr over three decades ago, people of colour have made enormous strides forward.

However, when it comes to the education of our young people, we seem to be going backwards.

The time has come for us to close ranks and define for ourselves, who we are, where we are, where we are going, and on our own terms.

In order to do this, school-info4u.com believes that its role is to arm you with information about the education system because it is essential that as parents and carers, you have an understanding of how it works.

Community support

We have lost the understanding of what it means to be a community. There's an old Nigerian proverb that says it takes a whole village to raise a child. We don’t think that any parent or carer should have to raise their child alone.

If every member of our community is willing to make a contribution to the cause we can really make a difference and help to turn this tide.

We need to recognize that we have responsibilities and we should have a sense of pride in our community, regardless of its current state.
 

It definitely does take a whole village, or in our case- a community, to raise a child and it is important that as people of colour we always remind ourselves of this. 

We must come to each other’s aid and ensure that we send out a positive and encouraging message to our young people, at home and in the community.

If we don't stand up for our young people, then we really don't stand for much!

If we’re not willing to go that extra mile for our young people, how can we possibly expect them to succeed?

‘Be willing to do what others are not. There are no traffic jams on that extra mile’.

‘The only thing to do with good advice is pass it on; it is never of any use to oneself’. Oscar Wilde

Social education

We need to use a combination of social, spiritual and cultural approaches to support our young people. It’s almost as if we’ve got to jump back to step forward in order to understand that what we do today will affect the generations that come after us.

Our community needs to regain the desire to uplift itself and strive for one another. It is essential that we move our young people forward, guide, mentor, love and nurture them.

We have to raise the next generation with dignity. Needless to say, we can’t go on doing what we’ve always done, because we’ll just continue to get what we’ve always got- nothing!

We must re-teach our young people how to succeed and this is everyone’s responsibility, including our young people themselves.

The time has come to try to resolve the critical situation that we are facing. We can’t afford to let our young people be neglected and 'shortchanged' in the education system any longer.

‘People, even more than things, have to be restored, renewed, revived, reclaimed and redeemed’.
Audrey Hepburn

Spiritual education

School-info4u.com will re-introduce proverbs and old sayings to you, as many of us are raised on these and there is so much precious wisdom in them.

More often than not, our elders didn’t take the time to explain their meanings, so we would like to take this opportunity to do so.

We believe that our proverbs remind us that we are descendants of the first civilization and that this fact alone is what allows us to be strong in our hearts and minds.

We should read and say these proverbs as often as we can, because this is part of celebrating our strong and rich spiritual heritage.

Cultural education

Once we have an awareness of our history; we can never forget what came before us. We must remember where we have been yesterday, in order to understand how we have got here today and to truly know where we are yet to go tomorrow.

You can help your child to relate to their culture and be inspired by it simply by teaching them about their ancestors.

Teaching our young people about great civil rights leaders, inventors and the contributions that people of colour have made to the world will give them a sense pride.

‘A tree without roots cannot grow’. Marcus Garvey

Wake up and smell the coffee

By teaching our young people the right attitude we will be making a huge difference in their lives. We need to ensure that they understand that their attitude will control whether they go forward or backward in life.

We can lead by example; let’s start by changing our own attitude towards their education.

We need to be engaged in our children's education or they won’t stand a chance. We have been reactive, rather than proactive for far too long and it’s time to wake up to the fact that this approach is not getting us anywhere. 

If we look at the statistics, we can clearly see a pattern. For example, let's look at what happens to our male children. When they start school they are actually performing better than their peer’s. However, by the time they finish school the picture is turned upside down and they are left at the bottom of the pile.

We have to start asking questions like:

Reality check

Right now the streets are educating our children and they have to be willing to fight peer pressure in order to achieve.

Underage sex, promiscuity, drugs and violence appear to have taken priority in their lives. Our young people are dying at an alarming rate due to this trend.

Our young people are leaving schools with very few GCSE’s and our babies are having babies and raising them without the adult wisdom that is required to be able to set boundaries.

Unless we implement some positive and major changes, our young people and our community will have no future. It’s time to make a change and really open our eyes.

‘The greatest threat towards future is indifference’.

If we don't change the direction we are going, we are likely to end up where we are heading’. Chinese proverb


Turning things around

School-info4u.com can help you to put your child on the path that leads to success. Our young people are our future, but it looks like we’ve given up on them.

We should be trying to create a generation of achievers. We should be dedicated to uplifting our community and inspiring a sense of pride and self-worth.

We need to have high expectations of our young people and we also need to put some conviction back into the job of parenting, teaching and mentoring.

‘Nothing will work unless you do’. Maya Angelou

‘We have a powerful potential in our youth, and we must have the courage to change old ideas and practices so that we may direct their power toward good ends’.
Mary MacLeod Bethune